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Whassat
31-07-2006, 06:48 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5230000/newsid_5230700/5230756.stm
i think i'd rather see the kids playing hopscotch than throwing the stones at peoples houses or robbing old ladies for loose change
Sarah
31-07-2006, 06:50 PM
:hissyfit:
Tanya
31-07-2006, 06:59 PM
it's hardly a crime is it, we did this all the time when we were kids and we didn't get told off

I agree with Andrea, I would rather see them playing hopscotch than breaking people windows etc
smirnoff
31-07-2006, 07:08 PM
this is truly RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely we would rather girls of 14 playing hopskotch rather than having babies?????????
Tanya
31-07-2006, 07:10 PM
this is truly RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely we would rather girls of 14 playing hopskotch rather than having babies?????????

yeah now that's a crime in itself - under age sex!!
lizzie
31-07-2006, 07:11 PM
omg the world gets worse then they wonder why kids get into trouble cause there bored
Whassat
31-07-2006, 07:15 PM
this is truly RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surely we would rather girls of 14 playing hopskotch rather than having babies?????????

exactly,
i was in the park the other day. on the gate it says, no under 10's allowed (or something like that)...3 girls came in and were playing quietly, minding thier own business, they must have been about 14 i'd say, this elderly bloke walks past and says 'your not under 10, you shouldn't be in there'..i mean....
yeah ok, there was a sign up. but they were doing no harm..and i'd rather them play in the park, then go around causing trouble or getting themselves pregnant!..
they were speechless..i wish i'd said something...but i didn't!..
if they were causing trouble in the park then i'd have prob said something...but ...:hissyfit:
MrTempleDene
31-07-2006, 07:16 PM
Oh now thats just ridiculous, what had they done? chalked a hopskotch board on the street! It'll wash off in the next rain!

The people who complained should be shot, and asked to leave the country!

As for the police claiming it's anti-social behaviour, for farks sake, it's kids playing!
MrTempleDene
31-07-2006, 07:17 PM
They'll be charging them with "terrorist related activities" next and shooting them coz they had hoods and backpacks on!
Whassat
31-07-2006, 07:19 PM
They'll be charging them with "terrorist related activities" next and shooting them coz they had hoods and backpacks on!

:yes: more than likely!..
my ds wears hoodies..am waiting for him to get kicked out the shopping centre!
MrTempleDene
31-07-2006, 07:24 PM
DS chalks allsorts on the back street, roads, houses, allsorts, do I have to stop him now because it's "anti-social" behaviour!

If they tried that with my DS I'd challenge them to take it to court! make them look like fools.

This sort of crap from adults who hate kids, and that has to be what this is, really winds me up!

(you might have noticed :D )
Tanya
31-07-2006, 07:27 PM
so why do shops sell pavement chalks then, they should put a warning on the label 'you musn't actually use these on the pavement unless you want an ASBO'
Whassat
31-07-2006, 07:29 PM
lol..you wanna see my wall out the back..its a chalk mural, luckily only i have can see it..done by 2 2yo's and a 5yo...and me off course, it keeps them quiet and as you say it'll come off in the rain..
i'd rather chalk than spray paint
runragged
31-07-2006, 07:34 PM
****, That's one of the most stupid, petty things I've ever read!

:angry-smi123

Absolutely, positively ridiculous

What next? Boys will be told not to climb trees, as it knocks the leaves off & makes a mess, or could lead to them becoming peeping toms?
smirnoff
31-07-2006, 07:36 PM
Rrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrr
kathyhinsh
31-07-2006, 07:50 PM
Oh 4 gods sake!!!!!

That is just SOOOO pathetic!!!!!


AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!
Tinkabell
31-07-2006, 07:57 PM
How stupid, it is because it is easier for the police to pick on children doing something harmless than tackle the real problems.

my 3 dds did a lovely chalk mural on the wall last summer holidays and it is still there - guess my chalks should have had a warning that they were permanent markers lol
Jen
31-07-2006, 08:12 PM
Can't believe that. unreal.
sanjan
31-07-2006, 09:44 PM
:eek: :smiley-fa
ruthie
31-07-2006, 09:50 PM
Now if they had been attacking someone or damaging a car the police would have arrived fours hours later and done bugger all about it!!!! What idiots.
Katiequiggle
31-07-2006, 10:40 PM
Yeah and our tax is paying those idiots to do the job!
MrTempleDene
01-08-2006, 12:06 AM
Th police were responding to a complaint, and there is probably these days a law somewhere that they can claim applies, don't blame them, blame the idiot who called 999 and said

"oh noes someone is playing the hopskotch in the street, help terrorists!!!111one one"

Because it's dumbass people like that that are the problem!
Rhianydd
01-08-2006, 06:13 AM
that is awful
they were playing a harmless game not out robbing or trashing anything
ruthie
01-08-2006, 08:22 AM
Th police were responding to a complaint, and there is probably these days a law somewhere that they can claim applies, don't blame them, blame the idiot who called 999 and said

"oh noes someone is playing the hopskotch in the street, help terrorists!!!111one one"

Because it's dumbass people like that that are the problem!


Didn't read the whole thing and missed that someone had complained, but surely they could have had a word with the complainant and told them not to waste police time, surely there can't be a law that stops 'Hopsotch' and a bit of chalking. Having witnessed how the police drive past many incidents (rough council house area) I know they will ignore what they want to. Perhaps there was more to it than the report tells us, if not its ludicrous.